Whether you’re writing a brawl in a saloon, transporting readers to an underground fight club, or designing the martial art of an ancient alien race, this workshop will help you write convincing and compelling fight scenes. This workshop is relevant for writers of any level and genre, from established novelists to those who want to write their first ever fight scene.
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
Understand and convey the influences of character on fighting style
Use setting to inform the creation of fictional fights
Write believable and compelling fighting techniques and strategies
Understand and convey the thoughts and emotions of those involved in fighting
Assign believable fight injuries and damage outcomes to their characters
Avoid common misconceptions and mistakes that can break the reader's immersion
Your Workshop Leader
Josh Holton is a writer and a fighter with more than a decade of experience in mixed martial arts and street fighting. He has studied and coached in a variety of martial arts and has befriended and fought fighters from all over the world. His writing has been published in numerous lit mags, anthologies, and podcasts, and he placed in Streetcake’s Experimental Writing Prize, Spread the Word’s Life Writing Prize, and the Writers’ and Artists’ Working Class Writers’ Prize. Find him on X @JHoltonWriter
About the event:
Running time: 105 minutes including breaks
Venue: Cheviot Room
Tickets: £18 / £15 (plus 50p booking fee)
The event will be take place in person. Workshops are not recorded.